A theoretical analysis of pitch stability during gliding in flying snakes

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Jafari, Farid ^a   Ross, Shane D ^a   Vlachos, Pavlos P ^b   Socha, John J ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamical model; flying snakes; gliding; stability

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; STABILITY CRITERIA;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; DYNAMICAL MODEL; FLYING SNAKES; FORCE COEFFICIENTS; GLIDING; GLIDING TRAJECTORY; INITIAL CONDITIONS; STABLE EQUILIBRIUM;

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; BODY POSTURE; COLUBRIDAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; COLUBRIDAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE;

EID: 84901400578     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/2/025014     Document Type: Article

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